{"product_id":"the-peril-ahead-paperback","title":"The Peril Ahead - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Creasey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDepartment Z tracks down a doomsday weapon in an edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Toller has created a weapon that could change the world as we know it. The threat is imminent as the professor and his formula are kidnapped, and it is left to the head of Department Z, Gordon Craigie, to save the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDepartment Z is a small and little-known faction of the intelligence service. Among the other branches, its work is legendary. The department's agents are scattered across most of the world's capitals and even in smaller cities, and many strange matters pass through their hands. Or, more accurately, the hands of Gordon Craigie and Bill Loftus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraigie must take enormous risks as both Washington and Moscow begin to suspect Britain of seeking out such a destructive weapon. His investigation leads him to an English seaside resort where Craigie must track down the men that have taken the professor, while evading the master conspirator who is out to get him. When the conspirator goes after the prime minister, Craigie is in real trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Creasey realizes that it is the principal business of thrillers to thrill.\" --\u003ci\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Little appears in the newspapers about the Secret Service, but that little makes anything on the subject probable fiction. Mr. Creasey proves himself worthy of the chance.\" --\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Creasey, born in 1908, was a paramount English crime and science fiction writer who used myriad pseudonyms for more than six hundred novels. He founded the UK Crime Writers' Association in 1953. In 1962, his book \u003ci\u003eGideon's Fire\u003c\/i\u003e received the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of the characters featured in Creasey's titles became popular, including George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for a subsequent television series and film. Creasey died in Salisbury, UK, in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159620255807,"sku":"9781504092203","price":29.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/DoGl5VuoHe9781504092203.webp?v=1777000279","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-peril-ahead-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}